Mitchell S. Garfin, CFA, Managing Director, is Co-Head of the Global Leveraged Finance team within BlackRock’s Private Financing Solutions (PFS) Platform. The Leveraged Finance team manages approximately $100 billion of dedicated high yield and leveraged loan strategies on a global and regional basis. Mr. Garfin, together with David Delbos, leads the team and oversees dedicated Global, U.S., European, and Asia high yield and leveraged loan strategies, as well as the Magnetite and BlackRock European CLO franchises.

Mr. Garfin’s tenure with the firm dates back to 1997 when he joined as an Analyst. He spent three years in the Account Management Group where he maintained responsibility for developing and maintaining relationships with the firm’s taxable financial institution clients. In 2000, Mr. Garfin moved to the investment side of the business where he initially spent four years as an investment grade credit research analyst. Here, he was responsible for providing investment recommendations on companies in the metals & mining, paper & packaging, utilities and energy sectors. In 2005, Mr. Garfin transitioned to a portfolio management role with the investment grade credit team where he was responsible for sector positioning and trading within the commodities and basic materials sectors. Since 2007, Mr. Garfin has been a portfolio manager with the high yield credit team, and he assumed his current, senior responsibilities in 2014.

Mr. Garfin earned a bachelor’s degree, with distinction, in Finance from the University of Michigan in 1997 and an MBA degree in Finance and Economics from NYU Stern in 2005.

David Delbos, Managing Director, is Co-Head of the Global Leveraged Finance team within BlackRock’s Private Financing Solutions (PFS) Platform. The Leveraged Finance team manages approximately $100 billion of dedicated high yield and leveraged loan strategies on a global and regional basis. Mr. Delbos, together with Mitch Garfin, leads the team and oversees dedicated Global, U.S., European, and Asia high yield and leveraged loan strategies, as well as the Magnetite and BlackRock European CLO franchises.

Mr. Delbos’ tenure with the firm dates back to 2002. He spent ten years as a credit research analyst in the US Leveraged Finance group where he was responsible for providing investment recommendations on companies in the consumer cyclicals, retail, industrials, services and packaging sectors. In 2012, Mr. Delbos transitioned to a relative value portfolio management role, also within the US Leveraged Finance group, where he looked across all industries. Additionally, Mr. Delbos worked alongside BlackRock Global Credit’s Chief Investment Officer in managing the liquid credit sleeves of several BlackRock-managed hedge funds. He assumed his current, senior responsibilities in 2014. Mr. Delbos began his career in 2000 as an analyst in the mergers & acquisitions investment banking division of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Mr. Delbos earned a bachelor’s degree Magna Cum Laude in History from Tufts University in 2000.